Currently, only 4 percent of Americans own a smart home device. That number is expected to grow to 13 percent next year. By the end of 2019, an estimated 69 percent of Americans – more than two in three – will own and use smart home devices.

The same study predicts that 43 percent of us will use smart thermostats and 35 percent will use connected security systems in the next five years.

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